[CentOS-virt] Preferred method of provisioning VM images

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Dario Faggioli <raistlin at linux.it> wrote:

> On gio, 2014-06-12 at 22:34 +1200, Peter wrote:
> > This is not a complete list of the ways you can install a VM either.  My
> > personal preference is to manually create the filesystem for the VM and
> > then install the OS core with yum.  Then after tweaking some config
> > files you can start up the VM and finish installing whatever else you
> > want with yum as well.
> >
> > While I don't think that this should be the recommended install method
> > it might be worth mentioning and even giving a wiki page with some
> > instructions on how to do it this way.  Doing an install like this is
> > actually very good for a newbie because you "get your hands dirty" and
> > get a really good understanding of how yum works and the internals of
> > the distro.
>

@Peter,
Would you mind sharing the process?
(on the CentOS or Xen wikis OR share a link to a write-up online?)

This piques my curiosity and I'd like to know more. ;-)
Thanks!


>  >
> Indeed it does!
>
> If you're up for it, Xen wiki will be glad to host it! :-P
>
> We've got both CentOS and Fedora categories on the Wiki, both hosting
> various pages, guides, instructions, etc., but none of them (I think)
> goes through the procedure you mentioned:
>
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Category:CentOS
> http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Category:Fedora
>
> Feel free to add it! :-)
>

+1 :-D


>
> Regards,
> Dario
>
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